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Setting up | Touring the FR-7/FR-5’s sections
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FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion
(6) Use the SET [√][®] buttons to select another Set and
again play a few notes.
The number of the selected Set is shown in the upper
right corner of the display. Note that you can also
use the FBC-7’s SET footswitches to select Sets.
■Using the Sordina
The [SORDINA] switch
allows you to attenuate
the sound (make it
softer). On an acoustic
accordion, this closes
the wooden resonance
chamber inside the
instrument.
The FR-7/FR-5 simulates
this effect electroni-
cally (it contains not a
single reed!).
When you switch on the
Sordina, the display briefly confirms your selection:
Note: The Sordina only applies to the Treble section.
Note: If you add an organ sound (8A~9B) to the Treble register
(using the Orchestra section), the Sordina function is no longer
available. Organ sounds use a Rotary effect that blocks the
Sordina function (in order to add the modulation of an organ
speaker cabinet). You can use aftertouch, to switch between
the fast and slow Rotary speeds. “Aftertouch” refers to the fact
that you press a key even further down after playing a note.
■Using the FR-7/FR-5’s digital effects
While playing on the Treble keyboard, you may have
noticed that the accordion sounds were enhanced by
effects (probably reverb). It may also have struck you
that the effects change whenever you select a differ-
ent Set. That’s because the effect settings are part of
the parameters you can save for each Set indepen-
dently.
The FR-7/FR-5 contains 3 digi-
tal effects:
Reverb: This effect gives the
impression that you are playing
in a concert hall, a church or a
room. It adds “depth” to the
sound.
Chorus: This effect gives the
impression that several instru-
ments of the same type are
playing at the same time (it is
similar to detuning several
reeds of a register).
Delay: This effect creates echoes, i.e. repetitions.
Short intervals (called “slapback”) create an effect
similar to reverb. Longer intervals, on the other hand,
create real echoes.
The [DELAY], [CHORUS] and [REVERB] knobs allow you
to set the volume of these three effects. Turn them
all the way towards the left (the small dot) if you
don’t need the effect in question.
Turn them towards the right (the big dot) to increase
the effect volume.
Note: The settings of these knobs apply to all sections and all
Sets.
After familiarizing yourself with the FR-7/FR-5’s
parameters, you will realize that these knobs should
only be used as a last resort (i.e. on stage). You can
indeed program the effect level for each section sep-
arately, so that the [DELAY], [CHORUS] and [REVERB]
knobs can be left in the center position, while the
effect amount changes with every Set you select.
Note: In certain cases, changing the knob position of an effect
may not produce any audible result. This is due to the Send
Level settings of the sections (see page 46, for example). It
means that a given section was programmed not to send any
signal to the effect in question. Even setting the corresponding
knob to the maximum therefore produces no change.